Latest CabWriter Software

Welcome to the CabWriter software download page. We are pleased to announce CabWriter version 1 and we hope you enjoy working with it as much as we’ve enjoyed developing it. Visit this page to check for newly released software and please make sure to read the release notes to see what’s new.

Important Notes:

Please review the important notes and instructions below to make sure you have a trouble free experience with CabWriter.

You can access the training videos for CabWriter here. Check back frequently as we will be adding new videos over time.

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CabWriter v1.1.0 (Home, Pro, and CNC)

December 8th, 2017

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New in v1.1.0

Fixes compatibility issues with SketchUp 2018 and instability with earlier versions. It is highly recommended for all users to upgrade to this release.

Added Make CabWriter Component tool to make it easier to create custom CabWriter compatible parts.

Improved support for frameless cabinets including automatic drawing of end panels and sheets and ability to draw applied toe kick face without a ladder base.

Support for diagonal corner cabinets with square back corner.

Numerous bug fixes and other small feature additions as detailed in the release notes…

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Important Note:This version of CabWriter includes new defaults as explained in the release notes. That means that when working with an existing model created with a previous version of CabWriter, it is necessary to use the Re-Load Factory Settings (RFS) tool after opening it with the new version, then saving the file. Any cabinets drawn after that will include the new settings. If you use the Retrieve Cabinet Defaults tool and draw a new cabinet, it will also include the new defaults. If you don’t use the RFS tool, you may experience intermittent behavior when drawing cabinets.

Feedback:

If you have any questions or would like to report a bug, feature request, or questionable behavior with the software, please do so using our forum so we can keep track of the issues and also allow others to jump in on the conversation.

Your feedback is incredibly important to us in order for us to make CabWriter the best product it can be and to insure that it meets the needs of you, the cabinetmaker. Please feel free to post any and all suggestions and feedback. Keep in mind that we can’t incorporate everything, but it never hurts to ask!

Important Notes:

If you are a Beta User and have a beta version of CabWriter installed on your system, it is best to do a clean install of the latest version. That is, go to your Plugins folder and delete any CabWriter related folder or file. This will reduce any chances of conflicts with the older software. Click here for documentation on how to find your plugins folder. Also, if you are opening a previous file, you should refresh your defaults using the RFS tool. This will set them back to factory defaults and you can modify them from there or re-load previous defaults from an already drawn cabinet. If you’re a Mac user, one of our beta testers posted helpful instructions on how to do a very clean install of SketchUp which solved some issues he was having due to remnants of an older version of SketchUp. This is highly recommended.

Important Note: Under Window->Model Info->Units, make sure “Enable length snapping” is disabled and that precision is set to 1/64″. When length snapping is enabled, it essentially overrides the inference engine which we woodworkers use to connect lines and can cause inaccuracies in the drawing. This has nothing to do with CabWriter but is rather a SketchUp issue. Precision always has to be one resolution greater than the smallest dimension in our defaults. Since we have defaults of of 3/32″ for Clearance for example, we need a resolution of at least 1/64″. Otherwise, when the defaults are loaded into the model it rounds them up or sometimes doesn’t even enter them.

If you are running SketchUp under a Mac OS DO NOT open more than one SketchUp file at a time. In fact, open your SketchUp file with a fresh copy of SketchUp, not one that was open to another file which was subsequently closed. The problem is not a CabWriter problem, but rather the way the Ruby interpreter was implemented by SketchUp on the Mac. We are looking for a reliable work-around to this problem and hope to resolve it in the future.

When creating a CabWriter project using metric units defaults be sure to set Model Info Format as Decimal and units of mm. The precision should be set to one decimal digit greater than the most precise default in your CabWriter Factory Settings or any save defaults file. For example, if your most precise default is tenth of mm (for example 3.5mm) your should choose a precision of at least 0.00. Failing to do so will cause your defaults to be rounded down or up.

When creating a CabWriter project using imperial units defaults be sure to set Model Info as shown below: